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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Conn and Jessica Elgot

Hillsborough campaigners accuse Starmer of ‘insult’ after failing to introduce promised law

Keir Starmer stands on stage against a red backdrop, his left arm around a woman holding a sheet of paper
Margaret Aspinall, whose son was killed in the Hillsborough disaster (seen on stage with Starmer at the Labour conference), signed a letter in which families said they are ‘very disappointed’ with the government. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Families whose relatives were killed in disasters and who have suffered state injustice have written to Keir Starmer, accusing the government of an “insult” for failing to introduce the promised Hillsborough law in this session of parliament.

Labour has promised for almost a decade to implement the law, which will impose a “duty of candour” on the police and public authorities, but the government pulled the bill in January during its passage through parliament.

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